CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Nearly a year before Charlotte pulled off a successful Democratic National Convention, business leaders gathered to kick around what they city might do next.... Continue reading →

Flush with cash, Mitt Romney plans to open a new front in the White House race by challenging President Barack Obama in upper Midwest states where he might not have dug in otherwise. ... Continue reading →

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Mitt Romney is back in tightly contested Virginia, where he's trying to deny President Barack Obama another victory in a state that typically goes for Republican presidential nominees.... Continue reading →

Twitter wasn't started until 2006 and didn't become a major force in presidential elections until this year. But that doesn't mean we can't imagine what it would have been like if it had been around earlier.... Continue reading →

Convention-related Twitter chatter spiked last night as President Obama concluded his remarks on the closing night of the Democratic National Convention, according to data supplied by Twitter.... Continue reading →

At their convention this week in Charlotte, Democrats showed signs of grasping an effective strategy to sell the healthcare law that Romney has vowed to repeal if he is elected November 6.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A senior adviser to President Barack Obama's campaign says the Democrat's convention speech offered plenty of specifics that show voters where he wants to take this country.... Continue reading →

President Barack Obama laid claim to a peace dividend that doesn't exist when he told the nation he wants to use money saved by ending wars to build highways, schools and bridges.... Continue reading →

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama's fall mission comes down to this: Remind voters why they chose him in the first place, hope the economy doesn't get worse and paint Mitt Romney as an unacceptable alternative.... Continue reading →